Spleen

"Spleen" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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An encapsulated lymphatic organ through which venous blood filters.

Descriptor ID	D013154
MeSH Number(s)	A10.549.700 A15.382.520.604.700
Concept/Terms	Spleen Spleen

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Anatomy [A]
Tissues [A10]
Lymphoid Tissue [A10.549]
Spleen [A10.549.700]
Hemic and Immune Systems [A15]
Immune System [A15.382]
Lymphatic System [A15.382.520]
Lymphoid Tissue [A15.382.520.604]
Spleen [A15.382.520.604.700]

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Spleen" by people in this website by year, and whether "Spleen" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 180 publications over 29 distinct years, with a maximum of 16 publications in 2000 and 2001

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	0	4	4
1997	0	5	5
1998	0	5	5
1999	1	9	10
2000	4	12	16
2001	0	16	16
2002	1	6	7
2003	4	4	8
2004	1	12	13
2005	2	5	7
2006	2	5	7
2007	1	7	8
2008	0	9	9
2009	0	5	5
2010	2	4	6
2011	2	5	7
2012	0	9	9
2013	3	4	7
2014	1	3	4
2015	2	1	3
2016	3	0	3
2017	1	3	4
2018	1	4	5
2019	0	4	4
2020	2	1	3
2021	0	2	2
2022	0	1	1
2023	0	1	1
2025	0	1	1

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Hermans S, Hu Z, Ball RL, Lin HM, Prevedello LM, Berger FH, Yusuf I, Rudie JD, Vazirabad M, Flanders AE, Shih G, Mongan J, Nicolaou S, Marinelli BS, Davis MA, Magudia K, Sejdic E, Colak E. RSNA 2023 Abdominal Trauma AI Challenge: Review and Outcomes. Radiol Artif Intell. 2025 01; 7(1):e240334.

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Stewart S, Fraser JA, Rentea RM, Aguayo P, Juang D, Fraser JD, Snyder CL, Hendrickson RJ, St Peter SD, Oyetunji TA. Institutional outcomes of blunt liver and splenic injury in the Arizona-Texas-Oklahoma-Memphis-Arkansas Consortium era. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2023 09 01; 95(3):295-299.

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Fahl SP, Sertori R, Zhang Y, Contreras AV, Harris B, Wang M, Perrigoue J, Balachandran S, Kennedy BK, Wiest DL. Loss of Ribosomal Protein Paralog Rpl22-like1 Blocks Lymphoid Development without Affecting Protein Synthesis. J Immunol. 2022 02 15; 208(4):870-880.

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Ingraham C, Carter AS, Kramer S, Pacis M. Accessory Spleen and Endometriosis. J Minim Invasive Gynecol. 2022 02; 29(2):185-186.

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Knudson CJ, F?rez M, Alves-Peixoto P, Erkes DA, Melo-Silva CR, Tang L, Snyder CM, Sigal LJ. Mechanisms of Antiviral Cytotoxic CD4 T Cell Differentiation. J Virol. 2021 09 09; 95(19):e0056621.

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Ren HM, Kolawole EM, Ren M, Jin G, Netherby-Winslow CS, Wade Q, Rahman ZSM, Evavold BD, Lukacher AE. IL-21 from high-affinity CD4 T cells drives differentiation of brain-resident CD8 T cells during persistent viral infection. Sci Immunol. 2020 09 18; 5(51).

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Li SC, Kabeer MH. Autologous Splenocyte Reinfusion Improves Antibody-Mediated Immune Response to the 23-Valent Pneumococcal Polysaccharide-Based Vaccine in Splenectomized Mice. Biomolecules. 2020 05 01; 10(5).

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Filipescu R, Powers C, Yu H, Rothstein DH, Harmon CM, Clemency B, Guo WA, Bass KD. The adherence of adult trauma centers to American Pediatric Surgical Association guidelines on management of blunt splenic injuries. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Sep; 55(9):1748-1753.

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Yin M, Baslan T, Walker RL, Zhu YJ, Freeland A, Matsukawa T, Sridharan S, Nussenzweig A, Pruitt SC, Lowe SW, Meltzer PS, Aplan PD. A unique mutator phenotype reveals complementary oncogenic lesions leading to acute leukemia. JCI Insight. 2019 12 05; 4(23).

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Alverson BK, Kilcoyne A, Friedmann AM, Sohani AR. Case 34-2019: A 16-Year-Old Boy with Jaundice. N Engl J Med. 2019 10 31; 381(18):1763-1772.

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